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Penny Jordan's Bio

Penny Jordan is one of Harlequin Mills & Boon's most popular authors. Sadly, Penny died from cancer on 31 December 2011, aged 65. She leaves an outstanding legacy, having sold more than 100 million books around the world. She wrote a total of 187 novels for Harlequin Mills & Boon, including the phenomenally successful A Perfect Family; To Love, Honor and Betray; The Perfect Sinner; and Power Play, which hit the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller lists. She was loved for her distinctive voice, and her success was in part because she continually broke boundaries and evolved her writing to keep up with readers' changing tastes. Publishers Weekly said about Jordan: 'Women everywhere will find pieces of themselves in Jordan's characters', and this perhaps explains her enduring appeal.

Although Penny was born in Preston, Lancashire, and spent her childhood there, she moved to Cheshire as a teenager and continued to live there for the rest of her life. Following the death of her husband she moved to the small traditional Cheshire market town on which she based her much-loved Crighton books.

Penny was a member and supporter of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Romance Writers of Americatwo organisations dedicated to providing support for both published and yet-to-be published authors. Her significant contribution to women's fiction was recognised in 2011, when the Romantic Novelists' Association presented Penny with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Look out for Penny's most recent books. The Price of Royal Duty launched the new continuity The Santina Crown, and her final original novel was released in June 2012: A Secret Disgrace.